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.The federal secretary of the journalist’s union says the decision to sack Fairfax columnist Mike Carlton is illegal.
Mr Carlton’s contract was terminated this morning after he refused to write his weekly column for the weekend paper because it coincided with industrial action.
Chris Warren from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance says the move is an astounding escalation in the industrial dispute.
Fairfax journalists across the country are on strike until Monday in protest at the company’s plans to cut 550 jobs from its operations in Australia and New Zealand.
But the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Alan Oakley, has refused to be drawn on the legality of the sacking.
“It’s more than just an unfortunate instance when you dismiss someone for taking part in strike action – it’s illegal to dismiss people for taking part in strike action,” he said..
“He’s an independent contractor and I know of no fine tradition . where columnists haven’t filed in the past, the majority have and will and have for this weekend,” he said..

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.Fairfax Media says the quality of its journalism will not be affected by its decision to cut 500 jobs from its workforce across Australia and New Zealand to save costs.
The media group says 5 per cent of its workforce will go, with about a third of the cuts being editorial positions.
Fairfax chief executive David Kirk says the quality of publications will be maintained.
The rest will be in business, printing and management.
“Media companies fit for the modern media world need to be lean and agile.
“Good deal of the cuts are in the newspaper production area, we can be more productive and it’ll have absolutely no impact on quality,” he said.”
But Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance federal secretary Chris Warren says there have been too many editorial job losses over the last four years.
“This far-reaching program will position us well for the next stage of our growth and development.
“A significant number will come out of editorial, I think they say there’ll be about 120 jobs lost out of editorial.
“You can’t have those sort of cuts and keep providing the same sorts of service to your community,” he said.
“To think you can do that without undermining the quality of those papers, I think, defies belief.
“From what we see of their statements so far most of those will come out of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Alliance’s Mike Dobbie says Fairfax employees are furious about the cuts.”
The media group says the costcutting will take place later this year and will save the company $50 million.
“They cannot understand having already suffered many cuts at Fairfax for many years with the newspapers being severely under-resourced, why this is occuring again and certainly with a massive cut like this of 550 people from the business, which is one of the largest job losses we’ve seen in Australia this year.
“I think there is a lot of fear and anger,” he said.”

.Fairfax Media says it will cut about 550 jobs, or 5 per cent of its workforce, as part of a “business improvement program”.
The media group says the cost cutting will take place later this year across its Australian and New Zealand printing and publishing businesses and save the company $50 million.
“Media companies fit for the modern media world need to be lean and agile,” he said.
Chief executive David Kirk says it is the third wave of improvement initiatives undertaken over the last three years.”
Christopher Warren from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance says about a third of the jobs will be editorial positions.
“This far-reaching program will position us well for the next stage of our growth and development.
“From what we see of their statements so far most of those will come out of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
“A significant number will come out of editorial, I think they say there’ll be about 120 jobs lost out of editorial,” he said.”
About 10:45am AEST, Fairfax Media shares were up one per cent to $2.
“To think you can do that without undermining the quality of those papers, I think, defies belief.87.

.There has been a call for the Reserve Bank (RBA) to make sure Pacific Islander guest worker wages are not eaten up by bank transfer fees.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from around the Pacific are meeting in Sydney for a two-day conference on financial literacy.
She says some bank transfer fees are exorbitant.
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Tonga, Joyce Mafi, says remittances or money sent home from Tongans working abroad make up 40 per cent of Tonga’s Gross Domestic Product, or $200 million a year.
Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Pacific Technical Assistance Centre, Susan Adams, says New Zealand’s Reserve Bank is helping its guest workers from Vanuatu.
“It is very expensive, up to 25 per cent of the cost of their wages,” she said.
She says Australia’s Reserve Bank and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority could look at schemes similar to New Zealand, “to reduce the fees to create even incentive schemes for remitters to send money in for example for special savings accounts”.
Ms Adams says Australia has a chance to help its seasonal workers from the Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati, which are due to arrive for a pilot scheme by the end of the year.
The RBA’s assistant governor for banking and payments, Keith Hall, opened the conference earlier today, saying its important for all levels of an economy to understand how finance works.
Ms Adams says a lack of internet banking is also to blame, with many Pacific Islanders not able to access their accounts electronically.
He said understanding how credit worked was an important part of financial literacy for all people, in both developed and developing countries.
Mr Hall told the conference that the events in the United States and the subprime mortgage crisis showed many people did not understand the impact of getting into such high levels of debt.
He said a website introduced earlier this year, allowing migrants from eight South Pacific island nations to compare all remittance services to their home country from both Australia and New Zealand, is playing a crucial role in helping consumers shop around in the Pacific.
Mr Hall said transparency was an important feature for a vibrant economy, with people making informed decisions about their finances.

.Tasmania’s opposition parties are calling on the Tasmanian Government to help full-time workers at the Hobart Cadbury factory, who are set to lose their jobs.
The factory’s 700 staff were informed at an emergency staff meeting early this afternoon that 160 jobs will go from the plant.
Cadbury is moving production of its assorted chocolates to New Zealand.
The confectionery company is turning the factory into a specialised facility, that will only make moulded block chocolate.
“We believe State and Federal Governments have a responsibility to help out these people and providing funding that allows for transition into other jobs,” said Ms O’Connor.
The Greens’ Cassy O’Connor says the Government must help the redundant workers.
“The Government must do everything it can to assist these people,” he said.
The Liberal Leader, Will Hodgman, agrees.
“I understand Cadbury’s will be doing all they can to assist those affected,” said the Treasurer, Michael Aird.
The Tasmanian Government believes there’s no need for transition funding for the 160 employees.
He says while the job losses are unfortunate, Cadbury will spend more than $50 million upgrading the Hobart plant, which demonstrates confidence in the Tasmanian economy.
Mr Aird also says the announcement shouldn’t be viewed as a negative one.
The first job losses are expected early next year.